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World Rugby has confirmed the officials for this year’s Rugby Championship tournament. The appointed referees are all men who will officiate matches at RWC 2019 in Japan.
The annual competition between Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa will be played under a reduced format this year. The reason for this is that it is a RWC year which means there is a reduced calendar.
The reduction of matches has not seen a reduction of officials as all six matches will be refereed by a different man. The six referees come from three different countries – Australia, France, and New Zealand.
Argentina will not have any official involved at all in the competition. South African officials Jaco Peyper, and Marius Jonker will act as an assistant and TMO for Australia vs New Zealand.
For complete details of the appointments including referees, assistants, and TMOs click here.
| DATE | FIXTURE | VENUE | REFEREE |
| July 20 | South Africa vs Australia | Johannesburg | Paul Williams (NZ) |
| July 20 | Argentina vs New Zealand | Buenos Aires | Angus Gardner (Aus) |
| July 27 | Australia vs Argentina | Brisbane | Ben O’Keeffe (NZ) |
| July 27 | New Zealand vs South Africa | Wellington | Nic Berry (Aus) |
| August 10 | Australia vs New Zealand | Perth | Jerome Garces (Fra) |
| August 10 | Argentina vs South Africa | Salta | Romain Poite (Fra) |
